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, UNITED STATES PATENTA E'ENsT GEAETZ,

oF NEUsELLERHAUsEN, AND E. FEED. EEINHOLD, oF NEU` sTAn'r, NEAR LEIrsIo, sAXoNY, GERMANY.,

'TRUoie SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,486, dated February 'lill/.888.

Application `filed May 4, 1887. Serial No. 237,051. (No model.)

To all/1,071,011?, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ERNST GRAETZ, of

' Neusellerhausen, and E. FERDINAND.REIN` HoLD',of Neustadt,near Leipsic, Saxony, in thev Empire of Germany', have invented a new and Improved Truck for Furniture, Sto., of which` the-'following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the construction of the platform of a truck capable of being raised or lowered, so that when lowered the article can be easily placedupon the same, and when raised transported from place to place.v

The invention consists of the various improvements hereinafter set forth. f

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a' front view of our improved truck. Fig. 2 is a cross-section at line S S, Fig. 1, showing the workin'glever folded together. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of one 'side of the truck. Fig. 4 is a side view ofthe truck, showing the platform raised. Fig. 5 is a side view with the platform lowered and the working-lever eX- tended ready for operation'. Fig. 6 is a front view; Fig. 7, a'bottom view; Fig. 8, a side view, and Fig. 9 an end view' showing a modiiieation.

Frames AA,'conneeted through rods A', are supported on rollers -a a, turning on centers F," attached to the outer endof these frames, or on rollers'a 0i,'turningv on bolts b, as shown Lin dotted linesin Figs. 1, 2, and3. Upon the centers F of these frames levers d are'placed, the' other ends of which are hinged to the under side of a platform, B. The levers d at the forward frames A are connected with the working-levers D D. These levers are made in two parts, hinged together at D?, to enabley the same to be turned over, as show-n in Fig. 2.

A bolt, e, secures the two parts D D of these levers when in a straight position, as shown in Fig. 5. The'outer ends of these leversl are con-V nected together by a crossfbar, E, to actas ay handle for movingr the truck. At the lower ends ofthe levers D a catch-bolt, f, is arranged,

connected to a rod, capable to work the same near the cross-bar Thiscatch-bolt f -f is made to enter a hole in the center bolts, F',

(seet', Fig; 4,) to, preventthe levers'd d from A Y moving after the platform has been'raised. I

The operation is as follows: rIhev levers D' 5o are turned so as to forma straight lever with thek part D, and secured in that position The truck is then moved unf throughbolt e. der the piece of furniture to be moved .and

the levers D Dturned downward, whereby the platform ltogether with the article, is raised, capable of being veasily moved about.

During the operation of raising the platform B, asabove described, the furniture will aty the same time be moved away from thenwall 6o some distance. Instead of arrangingthetruck as above described, levers L K may be hinged` to the frames Aas shown in Figs. 6 toj9, conf v nected together at their inner ends, n, and supporting at their outer ends, m, theplatforni'ql.` 6 5i .The bent part of the ends of the leversD A are connectedthroug'h rods G with angle-pieoes 4H'the free ends of which form cams l, operating thelevers K. 'The platformB is guidedv through bolts p, and receives by this arrange- 7o i ment only an upright movement. p

What we claim is--vry y The combination of a truclewith movableT platform B,'levers d, sectional working-levers D D', hinged at D2, and -with bolt e,"'crossbar 75 E, catch-bolt f, and connecting-wire h, as andv for the purposey described.

In testimony-whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. Y

,EENsr GEAETZ. EFERD. REIN HOLD.

Witnesses. v f

`EDMUND BACH,

M. E. MATTHI. 

